Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-27
NEW yosG LETTER.
THE rrxAE tor ocHILrREs AND His
GENIAL AecoNPLrsHxEET.
Ladies in Finance they Cry When They
Lone Russian sihilistsin New
York The Royal Dog Of
Coiaa, Etc.
,corc,pondeuco Of TIE mcnmona D.spa'ch.l

correspondence Of the Richmond Dspa'ch.l
NV York, March 26, 1887.
The ability 20 sit quietly and amiably
in one chair for several hours every
night has made many mans reputa-
ton in New York. Where everything
is hurry, and msh, and roar the abili-
tics Of q genial and accomplished loafer
are recognized aud admired. No one
seems 90 have any time 10 enjoy tran
anil smoke or placid talk except the
shining hoht vito decoratcs nearly
every club and "a, by his air Of sereni-
" end pcrmanCucy.
Colonel 4. oiterhouse Ochlitrce
can occupy n chair with an air OF in.
bom grace that nothing ever disturbs.
He j. built fer s6dentary anchorage
when he carefully selects very large
and very firm armchair in Delmonlco's,
thc Hoffman House, or the Carleton
Climb. pulls it around 10 n position
that viii command u bird's-eyc view Of
the room, and glances about With the
Air of q veteran commander taking q
look at his ship a sensation IS visible
in the apartment The waters stand
erect. the baricndcrs are oil attention,
and the rushing throDg ceases for
moment in It's headlong fight and
glanccs toward the man who IS
about to settle himself for the
night Having observed all this
the Colonel pulls down his billowy
vaistcoat, settles his collar with a dam
~ and rakish wrigGle Of the forefin8er,
and, SEEING the arms OF his chair
firmly, lowers himself slowly into its
hospitable depths Then he heaves a
tremendous cough, beams pleasantly
upon the universe, and the suspended
animation of the scene is over. A feel
ing of infinite and touching rest
spreads through the feverish mob after
this, for it is felt that there is one fix
turc in The room that nothing but IN
earthquake can disturb as long as the
bar holds out. Men rush in and out as
before. hut through the night if any
thing should go amiss and time hang
heavy on their hands they know where
they can at any time find Colonel Tom
OchitIee at his best.
A wORD-PAINTED PICTURE.
The amiability of the fiery Texan and
the innate hospitality OF his nature
were never more touchingly displayed
than one night last winter in the earle
ton Club. 1t was very late-alter 3
O'Clock in the morning-when Dixie,
the comedian. motioned to me as | was
leaving and tiptoed gently toward the
smOking-rCom. followed and beheld
n picture that / shall never forget In
the middle Of the handsome room, in
the easiest of chairs, and III the most
comfortable Of positions, sat Colonel
OchiltTee with halffilled glass on
the table before him and his burly
figure shaking with mirth He was
relating one of his most famous anec-
dOtCs. and az the mellow radiance of
the lights fell upon his beaming conn
tenance hc was suggestive Of every
thing that is entertaining and amusing.
The only other occupant of the room
YVES Mr.. Berry Wall. lie was clad in
the most fashionable attire, with a
figured silk waistcOat, white-tOpped
shoes. and high collar. A white rose
WAS on his coat and he wore gloves of
a delicate shade of gray His slim
figure was disposed of artfully on two
chairs directly opposite the Colonel
Mr.. Wall was fast asleep. Indeed, |
| never saw man sunk in a more |
profound and sonorous slumber. There |
ne lay with his face turned toward the |
Colonel. while that warrior thun-
dercd away happily with one story
after another. The polished floor and |
wainscot Of the room, the decorations, |
and the flood of light that fell upon tue |
two Well-known figures completed the |
harmony Of the scene A greater con-
trast could not be found on earth than |
that between the rugged, red-haired, |
tempestuOus, and mammoth son of the |
Texan frontier and the pallid, dissi- !
patcd. and worn-out child of tine fastest |
circle " New York life. Yet there was
a bond that bound them together |
frmly-the ability TO ENJOY life as it
passed without joining the big fight for |
wealth That makes New York men the
most restless and agitated of their kind. |
How long have they been that |
way? whispered Dixey to the steward, |
who had followed us TO the door.
" About two hours. sir. Shall tell |
thc Colonel that you're here ?"
No, ] wouldn't disturb them for |
world
As we came away the merry roar of |
the COl0nels voice followed rs out into |
the street
a wALL-sTBEET MELANGE.
It strikes the visitor as odd at first TO
notice ladies among the throng of men |
On the narblc-payCd floor of the Real |
Estate Exchange, in Liberty street |
where sometimes $4,000, 600 worth OF |
property is sold in three quarters Of IN
hour at the auction-stan9s, where men |
crown wealthy in the real estate bust |
ness raise their voices i'll chant of |
trade like priests of commerce.
Several ladies are members of the |
Exchange, including a daughter of |
David g. Croly, the husband of Jennie |
June and once managing editor OF the !
Iior'd. There is always sprinkllng |
of women in the crowd They gather !
around the auction rOStTms and bid
thCmsolyes-t,n thousand, twenty, fifty |
thouaud dollars, or more, according to |
the value OF the property.
LADY sPECULAToBs.
Nt olhCI Nhl IL Hihllti -idct ldtI |
Of German birth bought two five-story |
hrownstone dwellings in One-Hundred- |
and -Iwenty-fii street, near the Sew
enth avenue boulevard. for SS5, 800. |
A young woman, hardly more than a
piII, paid SlS, coo for house another |
bid. so, 500, secured four-story house
III west Forty-fourth street, near Broad
way. The ladies' are failures as spccu-
lators N Wall street and on the Pro
Guce Exchange. As i'll the reign OF
terror the guillotine spared neither sex,
so in the fever of speculation the mar
ket decapitatcs financially with steely
impaItiality the man or the woman
who happens TO be under the
knife. This is something that
the average woman cannot en-
due. She speculates too much,
moreover, on mere impulse or scnh-
ment. Men DO that too, but not to 50
large an extent. For one Hetty Green,
with man-like capacity for finance,
there ere thousands OF her sex who
seem 10y nature untitled to face the dan
gers OF speculation and financlering.
they weep when they lose and don't
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